Welding the last Nord Stream 2 pipe in the Baltic Sea . File photoMOSCOW, Apr 29Germany should launch Nord Stream 2 if Germany goes for it in exchange for Russia accepting euro for gas again — such a deal could be a good idea , says Tino Krupalla, member of the German Bundestag Committee on International Policy, leader of the Alternative for Germany party. «Our party believes that the Federal Republic of Germany should in any case adhere to the introduction of Nord Stream 2. Therefore, I consider the currency issue from the project. If the argument about trading in euros helps convince the federal government to put the finished gas pipeline into operation, then this may be a good idea,» the party leader told RIA Novosti.
Nord Stream 2 has become a tool in the hands of the West, Ryabkov said, «But I'm afraid that now we are not talking about such details at all. There is a danger that the wedge in the European continent will be driven even deeper, and Eurasian trade relations will be forever blocked by sanctions regime. We must make it clear that we will not allow such a split of the continent,» the agency's interlocutor added. After Russia recognized the sovereignty of the DPR and LPR, the German government stopped certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline already laid from Russia. German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said that «the project is actually frozen.» Earlier, the media reported on the bankruptcy of Nord Stream 2 AG. The company did not confirm this. On March 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the transfer of payments for natural gas supplies to the EU countries and other states that have introduced restrictive measures against Russia into rubles in order to stop using dollars and euros in settlements. Then the president signed a corresponding decree and said that if «unfriendly» countries do not pay in rubles from April 1, then Russia will consider this a default on gas contracts. According to the new scheme, Gazprombank will open special currency and ruble accounts for settlements of foreign buyers for gas. The buyer will be able to transfer funds to the first account in the currency specified in the contract for the supply of «blue fuel», the bank will sell it on the Moscow Exchange, after which it will credit rubles to the account of the buyer of gas and from this account settlements with the gas supplier — Gazprom will be made «.After the start of a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the EU adopted five packages of sanctions against individuals, organizations, the financial sector and the energy sector of Russia. Financial sanctions affected the reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In addition, seven Russian banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system.
